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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 2:28:51 GMT
I started reading All The Light We Can Not See and I'm struggling to get into it. Everyone tells me it's wonderful so I guess I need to get into another frame of mind to read it.
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Post by irisheyes on Mar 17, 2015 2:37:45 GMT
Read two books last week, one while traveling. First was The Art of Racing in The Rain by Garth Stein. Missed this one on the first go round, but am so glad a friend gave me the book. It was really good! Second was a chick lit book by Jane Green, To Have and To Hold, about a girl who marries the man of her dreams who turns out not to be. A good, though rather fluffy read which helped pass the time waiting at LGA and on my flight. Paigepea, thanks for starting the thread, hope this week is better for you. I read The Art of Racing in the Rain a few weeks ago and loved it. I had a good reading week. I've finished three since last week - all of them young adult or middle readers. Physik (Septimus Heap #3)by Angie Sage, 4/5 stars Queste (Septimus Heap #4) by Angie Sage, 4/5 stars and The Princess of Las Pulgas by C. Lee McKenzie. 5/5 stars I enjoyed all three. The Princess of Las Pulgas made me cry. I have started Septimus Heap #5 (reading it in my middle school class). I have also started Their Eyes Were Watching God - an older book, but I've never read it, and I have Villette by Charlotte Bronte loaded on my phone for when I forget to grab a book.
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Post by irisheyes on Mar 17, 2015 2:39:33 GMT
The next book on my shelf (that I'm almost done with) is Heaven is for Real, which I'm pretty sure my mom sent me but she swears she didn't, lol. It's interesting and a quick read, but given how much the dad talks about finances at the beginning I'm a little skeptical of the motive behind it. I did not like that book because I felt it had such an unreliable narrator that I couldn't trust it. It just seemed like too much of the Dad's story. I didn't believe it although parts of it were sweet.
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Post by RobbyKay on Mar 17, 2015 3:07:45 GMT
Hey Readers!
I picked up Ruth Rendell's The Girl Next Door. It was a sort of cozy mystery set in London. It reminded me of the old Columbo movies, where you get to see the murder and the murderer, and then spend the rest of the film watching Columbo figure it out. In this one, a murder was committed in a village near London during WWII. 60+ years later, evidence of the murder is uncovered, and the people who were children when the murder occurred are now old and dying off, and they all reunite over this mystery. It was enjoyable.
For book club, I'm reading The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse. It talks about the immigrant experience in Los Angeles. I'm enjoying it.
I'm also reading Reif Larsen's I am Radar. So far, it's about a white couple who bear a son who has incredibly dark skin. Mom and Dad don't agree on whether to seek out the reason for their son's skin color, or to just accept him as he is. I'm not sure where the story is going, but I'm enjoying it so far.
I just picked up a new one from the library. The Carry Home by Gary Ferguson tells the author's story of the death of his beloved wife on a canoe trip in the Canadian Rockies. I'm just a few chapters in, but I'm really enjoying this one.
Happy Reading!
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Post by grace2882 on Mar 17, 2015 3:20:35 GMT
I thank the pea that recommended The House in the Sky. I am almost finished with it but have been recommending it like crazy. The autobiography is so detailed that you can actually see everything when you are reading it. I think it should be required reading in College
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Post by gina on Mar 17, 2015 3:53:15 GMT
I'm reading Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult. I like it so far (my oldest daughter loves elephants so I am finding the elephant "stuff" pretty interesting). My 'thing' with Jodi Picoult is that the final twist in her books ALWAYS leaves me cranky. Like throw the book, this made me so mad. I haven't read anything by her in years due to this, so I am wondering if I'll have the same reaction this time. Hope not! I am also listening to Invisible by James Patterson and David Ellis.
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Post by candygurl on Mar 17, 2015 4:40:04 GMT
I thank the pea that recommended The House in the Sky. I am almost finished with it but have been recommending it like crazy. The autobiography is so detailed that you can actually see everything when you are reading it. I think it should be required reading in College That was me! Glad you liked it. It's a book I will never forget. Currently reading The Girl on the Train. Didn't like it at first but it's gettig better as it goes on.
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Post by annabella on Mar 17, 2015 5:29:45 GMT
I started reading All The Light We Can Not See and I'm struggling to get into it. Everyone tells me it's wonderful so I guess I need to get into another frame of mind to read it. I listened to it and at times wished the author only told one person's story. I really enjoyed the book but I agree it wasn't an easy read.
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Post by annabella on Mar 17, 2015 5:30:24 GMT
I thank the pea that recommended The House in the Sky. I am almost finished with it but have been recommending it like crazy. The autobiography is so detailed that you can actually see everything when you are reading it. I think it should be required reading in College That was a powerful book!
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Post by lynnek on Mar 17, 2015 16:45:44 GMT
I'm reading Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult. I like it so far (my oldest daughter loves elephants so I am finding the elephant "stuff" pretty interesting). My 'thing' with Jodi Picoult is that the final twist in her books ALWAYS leaves me cranky. Like throw the book, this made me so mad. I haven't read anything by her in years due to this, so I am wondering if I'll have the same reaction this time. Hope not! I am also listening to Invisible by James Patterson and David Ellis.
I will be very interested to see what you think of Leaving Time and her twist, given your statement.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 17:05:37 GMT
I read Let the right one in by John Ajvide Lindqvist and Gretel and the Dark by Eliza Granville I really enjoyed them both. I'm currently reading Behind Closed Doors by Elizabeth Haynes I usually find her books hard to put down but this one is a bit of a slog.
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Post by sillyrabbit on Mar 17, 2015 20:19:48 GMT
I finished Station Eleven this week and had those same thoughts as well. I also decided I needed to learn some things like how to make antibiotics and bullets.
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Post by pudgygroundhog on Mar 17, 2015 20:47:42 GMT
FYI Kindle readers, Station Eleven is only $2.99 right now!
Some other good reads currently on Kindle special:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood ($2.99) A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving ($1.99) The Road by Cormac McCarthy ($2.99) Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro ($2.99)
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Post by fotos4u2 on Mar 17, 2015 21:20:17 GMT
I love this thread (even if most of you make me feel like the slowest reader!). I've been making more of an effort to read this year and I like seeing what you all are reading to get some recommendations for books. Although I don't really need more books to add to my list at the moment I have over 100 on the to read list at Goodreads I'm currently reading Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. It's a little slow but interesting. I finished The Girls by Lori Lansens which was interesting in it's differentness. It was the "autobiography" of conjoined twins.
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Post by peasapie on Mar 17, 2015 21:33:28 GMT
Thanks to this awesome reading thread, I just finished the three Elena Ferrante Neapolitan series books. Great reading. I don't think I have ever read a series before, other than Little Women and Little Men.
I'm going to try Girl on a Train next.
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Post by scrapsuzy on Mar 17, 2015 21:51:57 GMT
In the past week I have finished the Dragonlands Series by Megg Jensen, or at least through book 4 (book 5 comes out next month). I really enjoyed the series, and it was one of those that made me very glad to have a Kindle so I could finish one and immediately buy the next (all of them $3-$5 for the Kindle). Then I read Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz. She wrote it in 1947, when her memories were fresh. It was a hard book to read, subject-wise. If it wasn't about such a horrible experience I would say it was good, but using that word about the Holocaust just doesn't seem right. I just finished Outcry: Holocaust Memoirs, which was just published last year. It was also told in the first person, and well-written. Not quite as graphically detailed, but gave a fuller story of his life, being written now that he is an old man. Decided I needed something lighter after those books, so am now reading Tales from the Crib by Jennifer Coburn. It hasn't been as light as I'd expected, so far, and there have been some pregnancy-related things that weren't factual, which is a thing with me (being a childbirth educator and former student midwife.) But I'll keep reading and see how it goes. I have so many books on my "To Read" list, but still added more today after re-visiting our own Pea Charlotte's book blog Charlotte's Web of Books. I highly recommend checking it out!
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Post by alittleintrepid on Mar 21, 2015 23:26:15 GMT
I'm currently reading Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. I really liked that book....i hope you did in the end? I'm a little late posting but I read Cheryl Strayed's Wild which I think I gave 3/5 stars...I would have given it the extra 1/2 point if Goodreads allowed it. I did like the story about her travels but her struggles with promiscuity and substance use were lost on me despite her tough circumstances. Meh. I don't think I need to see the movie! i also read Kimberly McCreight's Reconstructing Amelia. I also have this 3/5 stars and would add the extra .5 if I could! I liked the premise, the characters, and the writing style but had it figured out early on and found some of the premises (particularly the paternity issues) implausible. Despite my critic, I would recommend this one and am looking forward to reading McCreight's next book, Where they found her.
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Post by ntsf on Mar 22, 2015 0:29:36 GMT
I just started Fourth of July Creek and it is very good so far...only a few chapters in but very compelling. set in montana.
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Post by gottapeanow on Mar 22, 2015 0:55:45 GMT
I also loved Tell the Wolves I'm Home.
I was on vacation but did very little reading. I was spending time with family and friends, so it was quite hectic and not exactly a "reading" vacation.
I have been fighting the flu since I came home, so I am trying to rest. I read a YA novel in just a few hours last night while relaxing. I will post my updates on the reading thread tomorrow.
Lisa
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